May 7, 2016
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STANFORD, Calif.-- The San Diego State women's golf team saw its season come to a conclusion on Saturday after finishing in 12th place at the 2016 NCAA Stanford Regional. The Aztecs shot a combined 15-over-par 299 during the final round for a 54-hole total of 43-over 895 on the par-71, 6,269-yard Stanford Golf Course.
SDSU was in the hunt to secure its first-ever NCAA Championships appearance, climbing to within two shots of the requisite top-six placement through nine holes. However, the Scarlet and Black recorded just three birdies as a team after the turn to drop out of contention. Still, the Aztecs managed their lowest three-round score in a regional tournament.
Individually, Haleigh Krause (Eugene, Ore.) completed SDSU's lowest score of the week after firing a 71. Starting the final round from the 10th tee, the Aztec sophomore drained a team-high four birdies, including an impressive conversion on the par-4, 399-yard No. 13, which ranked as the toughest hole on Saturday. Krause was on pace to set an individual school record for lowest 18-hole in regional competition after recording six pars and a birdie on the back nine. However, an untimely triple on the par-4, 355-yard ninth sandbagged those plans. Still, the native Oregonian made SDSU's biggest gain on the leaderboard, vaulting 19 spots into the 62nd position at 16-over 229 in her initial regional appearance.
Mila Chaves (Asuncion, Paraguay) was the only other Aztec player to display upward mobility on Saturday, climbing six places into a tie for 18th at 6-over 219 on the strength of a final-round 72. The SDSU sophomore played steady golf throughout the day, notching 15 pars and birdie on the par-3 4th to crack the top-20 in regional action for the second year in a row.
Conversely, the remaining Aztec starters lost ground, including Emma Henrikson (Malmö, Sweden), who slipped 18 places into a tie for 42nd at 11-over 224 after logging a 77 in her final round of collegiate competition. The Mountain West Player of the Year got off to a rocky start with two bogeys and a double on her first five holes before reeling off two birdies and six pars through the turn. However, the SDSU senior was unable to sustain the momentum, suffering two doubles and a bogey on her final five greens.
Sophomore Georgia Lacey (Del Mar, Calif.) also faltered down the stretch, posting back-to-back double-bogeys on No. 6 and 7 en route to a final-round 79. The Torrey Pines High alumna sank two birdies, but slipped into a tie for 77th at 21-over 234, as six additional bogeys proved too much to overcome.
Junior Sirene Blair (South Jordan, Utah) struggled as well on Saturday, tumbling from the 24th spot into a tie for 57th on the heels of an atypical 81. The Utah native was snowed under by an avalanche of nine bogeys and a double, finishing the tournament with a 15-over 228.
USC (+4) shot a collective 285 over the final 18 holes to tie host Stanford for the regional team title as the top six schools advance to the NCAA Championships, May 20-25, in Eugene, Ore. Joining the Women of Troy and the Cardinal are Ohio State, North Carolina, Arkansas and Virginia, along with individuals Andrea Wong of UC Davis, Wake Forest's Jennifer Kupcho and Sarah Burham of Michigan State.
Wong fired a tournament-low 65 on Saturday to tie Virginia's Elizabeth Szokol for medalist honors at 4-under 209, while second-round leader Alana Uriell of Arkansas (-3) finished one stroke behind in third, followed closely by USC's Tiffany Chan (-2) and Casey Danielson of Stanford (-2).
2016 NCAA Stanford Regional
Final Results
Stanford G.C.
Stanford, Calif.
Par 71, 6,269 yards
Team Scores (Top 6 of 18 schools)
Top six advance to NCAA Championships
T1. USC ... 287-284-285--856 (+4)
T1. Stanford ... 289-280-287--856 (+4)
3. Ohio State ... 299-285-291--875 (+23)
4. North Carolina ... 302-289-287--878 (+26)
5. Arkansas ... 298-291-290--879 (+27)
6. Virginia ... 288-296-299--883 (+31)
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12. San Diego State 299-297-299--895 (+43)
Individual Leaders (Top 5 of 96 players + SDSU)
T1. Elizabeth Szokol, Virginia ... 73-69-67--209 (-4)
T1. Andrea Wong, UC Davis* ... 72-72-65--209 (-4)
3. Alana Uriell, Arkansas ... 72-67-71--210 (-3)
T4. Casey Danielson, Stanford ... 72-68-71--211 (-2)
T4. Tiffany Chan, USC ... 71-69-71--211 (-2)
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T18. Mila Chaves, SDSU ... 74-73-72--219 (+6)
T42. Emma Henrikson, SDSU ... 74-73-77--224 (+11)
T57. Sirene Blair, SDSU ... 74-73-81--228 (+15)
T62. Haleigh Krause, SDSU ... 78-80-71--229 (+16)
T77. Georgia Lacey, SDSU ... 77-78-79--234 (+21)
* - competed as an individual